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==Background==
==Background==
A native of Shongaloo in Webster Parish, north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]],<ref name=forstatesenate/> Burns is one of three sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burns, Sr. In 1958, Burns, Sr. (1907-1976), won a write-in election for a seat on the Webster Parish School Board, having unseated the incumbent Parey Pershing Branton (1918-2011),<ref>"Burns Wins Over School Board Head: Gets 55 Percent of Votes for Victory over Branton", ''Minden Herald'', November 6, 1958, p. 1.</ref> his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who was later the three-term District 10 state representative for Webster Parish. One of Burns' brothers, Kerry O. Burns (1940-2015), was a Webster Parish property tax assessor prior to 2004. Another brother is A. J. Burns, Jr., of West Monroe, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/kerry-o-burns/|title=Kerry O. Burns|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=May 22, 2015|accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref> Burns, Sr., was a nephew by marriage of [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]], the Webster Parish sheriff from 1933 to 1952.
A native of Shongaloo in Webster Parish, north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]],<ref name=forstatesenate/> Burns is one of three sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burns, Sr. In 1958, Burns, Sr. (1907-1976), won a write-in election for a seat on the Webster Parish School Board, having unseated the incumbent board member [[Parey Branton]],<ref>"Burns Wins Over School Board Head: Gets 55 Percent of Votes for Victory over Branton", ''Minden Herald'', November 6, 1958, p. 1.</ref> his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who was later the three-term District 10 state representative for Webster Parish. One of Burns' brothers, Kerry O. Burns (1940-2015), was a Webster Parish property tax assessor prior to 2004. Another brother is A. J. Burns, Jr., of West Monroe, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/kerry-o-burns/|title=Kerry O. Burns|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=May 22, 2015|accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref> Burns, Sr., was a nephew by marriage of [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]], the Webster Parish sheriff from 1933 to 1952.
Henry Burns is a former member of the Bossier Parish School Board and a raconteur who frequently lectures at public schools on the guidelines to success in life, with emphasis on perseverance.
Henry Burns is a former member of the Bossier Parish School Board and a raconteur who frequently lectures at public schools on the guidelines to success in life, with emphasis on perseverance.